History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 133

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MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY.

In 1867 the citizens of the. place united in pur- chasing a lot of ground containing about eleven acres, and lying within easy access of the corporate limits in a very desirable location, for burying purposes. They were duly erected into a corporation under the name and style of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Association. They at once proceeded to lay out and dispose of the lots, and to beautify and ornament the grounds. This has been done in a highly creditable manner, corresponding to the wealth and tastes of the citizens. In time it, no doubt, will be one of the finest adorned places of sepulture in the county. Among the old settlers here buried are :

John Miller, died Oct. 26, 1874, aged 82.

John Starrer, 8r., born Jan. 14, 1796, died Feb. 6, 1879. Abraham Harbeob, died May 24, 1877, aged 71. Nathaniel Hurst, died Job. 29, 1860, aged 68. Polly Hurst, died April 5, 1848, aged 44

Abraham Miller, died April 5, 1875, aged 80.

Lease Shape, born Sept. 11, 1790, died Sept. 7, 1847 ; his wife, Elisabeth, born April 18, 1796, died Oct. 22, 1845.

Abraham Whitmer, died Sept. 12, 1847, aged 75; his wife, Christina, died Sept. 24, 1847, aged 73.

Philip Mechling, born Ang. 21, 1800, died July 30, 1874; his wife, Mar- garet, born Aug. 21, 1802, died Dec. 14, 1859.

John Coldsmith, died Sept. 29, 1871, aged 59. Simon Bbafer, born July 4, 1797, died June 9, 1870. Catherine, wife of George Ross, born March 14, 1809, died July 16, 1873. Henry Femincott, died March 20, 1846, aged 40.

. Bastisel Lippincott, died Oct. 13, 1847, aged 52; his wife, Margaret, died May 22, 1844, aged 46.

William McCracken, died May 27, 1869, aged 54.

Nancy Strickler, died Feb. 18, 1872, aged 67.

Anna, wife of John Tristman, born July 4, 1812, died March 29, 1806. Abraham 8. Overholt, died May 10, 1868, aged 46.

Abraham Overbolt, died Jan. 15, 1870, aged 85; his wife, Maria, died Nov. 1, 1874, aged 83.

Heary 8. Overholt, died June 18, 1870, aged 00. John Hitchman, died March 21, 1846, aged 57.

Mary A., wife of James Shields, born Sept. 18, 1812, died Ang. 27, 1870. James Morrison, died Ang. 26, 1870, aged 66. William Foster, died June 10, 1879, aged 84. Joseph E. Gibbs, died March 27, 1846, aged 50. Jacob Empick, died Oct. 31, 1860, aged 45. Susan Empick, died April 19, 1876, aged 74. Jacob Bewers, born Oct. 13, 1812, died June 4, 1876.

Samuel Wilkins, born Sept. 25, 1812, died Oct. 25, 1862.

Samuel Shupe, died September, 1846, aged 59; his wife, Mary, died July 27, 1874, aged 83.

Caroline, wife of Daniel Shupe, born Nov. 9, 1818, died May 24, 1848. James Wade, Br., died May 5, 1856, aged 64; his wife, Margaret, died July 23, 1879, aged 78.

John Stouffer, Br., died Nov. 8, 1821, aged 50; his wife, Barbara, died Jan. 27, 1800, aged 81.

John Stouffer, died Sept. 16, 1886, aged 39; his wife, Maria, died Deo. &, 1877, aged 73.

THE OLD UNITED PRESBYTERIAN GRAVEYARD

lies just back of its church, on Church Street, but is now abandoned for burial purposes. It was the first and only graveyard in the village, and among the old settlers are the following intermenta :

John Shupe, Or, died Nov. 12, 1861, aged 81.

George Fults, died April 14, 1827, aged 71; his wife, Elizabeth, died Apell 8, 1836, aged 81.

Rev. Daniel Warman, born Dec. 8, 1786, died Ang. 19, 1802; his wife, Elisabeth, died Jeb. 12, 1855, aged 66.

George Warman, died March 18, 1824, aged 72; his wife, Catharine, died Nov. 26, 1834, aged 78; their sou, Daniel, died March 9, 1886, aged 89. Simon Stick le, died Sept. 4, 1847, aged 89. Samuel Sbrader, born Jan. 30, 1797, died Sept. 2, 1806.

Mary Shepherd, died Nov. 16, 1864, aged 73.

Margaret, wife of Daniel Clair, died Sept. 1, 1848, aged 82.

William Anderson, died Ang. 29, 1843, aged 79. Ann J. Anderson, died April 26, 1865, aged 50. Jane Anderson, died June 10, 1833, aged 71. Mary Anderson, died May 15, 1837, aged 42. Alexander Anderson, died May 12, 1832, aged 27.

John Lippincott Anderson, died Sept. 14, 1824, aged 26.

Bumnel Clark, born July 26, 1808, died May 18, 1845; his wife, Sarah, died April 4, 1846, aged 61.

Samuel Shupe, died Sept. 9, 1845, aged 59.

Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Coldsmith, born Oct. 2, 1786, died Dec. 30, 1834; ber husband died Ang. 31, 1846, aged 02.

Sophia Stanley, died July 23, 1834, aged 39. Samuel Ford, died Oct. 6, 1834, aged 75.

John Shupe, died April 2, 1835, aged 84; his wife, Mary, died May, 1843, aged 86.

Catherine, wife of John Shupe, born March 15, 1786, died Oct. 17, 1886. Matilda, wife of J. Miller, born May 5, 1829, died Dec. 18, 1868. John Hawkins, Sr., died April 5, 1847, aged 56.

Rossana, wife of Henry Hawkins, born May 3, 1818, died March 16, 1838.

Jacob Ruperd, died Sept. 14, 1832, aged 40. Catherine Cook, born March 23, 1794, died Feb. 28, 1847.

Samuel Brechbill, died Dec. 28, 1846, aged 22. John Zarger, died Feb. 25, 1847, aged 75.

James Morrow, died Dec. 21, 1842, aged 66; his wife, Jane, died March 6, 1865, aged 66.

Jane, wife of Jacob Stahl, died Jan. 16, 1841, aged 48.

Josiah Mitchell, died July 9, 1830, aged 26.

John J. Heminger (Revolutionary soldier), born May 9, 1758, died April 5, 1842 ; his wife, Mary Ann, born Tob. 24, 1766, died Jan. 14, 1847. James M. Clark, died March 16, 1849, aged 51.

Susan Myers, died Feb. 23, 1849, aged 79.

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Comrad Keister, died Oct. 7, 1844, aged 67 ; his wife, Sumsans, died 1946. Barsh Keister, died Jan. 26, 1800, aged 41. Jacob. Tunk, died May 31, 1840, aged 70. Cement Burleigh, died March 28, 1822. John Gaat, fr .. died Dec. 24, 1866, aged 08; his wife, Martha, died June 9, 1842, aged 75. Margaret Lippincott, died Sept. 1, 1833, aged 60. Nancy, wife of James Thompson, died April 14, 1866, aged 66. Mary Elcher, died Jan. 5, 1829, aged 57.

George Leighteberger, died Nov. 8, 1861, aged 79; his wife, Elimbeth, born Dec. 31, 1780, died May 13, 1847. Margaret, wife of J. Orumbaugh, died Ang. 81, 1868, aged 09. Charles Kelly, died Jan. 18, 1868, aged 79. Dorcas Kelly, died Sept. 23, 1847, aged 45. Mary Swarts, died Sept. 28, 1866, aged 65.

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CLASSICAL AND SCIEN- TIFIC INSTITUTE.

In 1849 the United Brethren in Christ founded a school of high grade at Mount Pleasant, under the corporate name of "Westmoreland College," and erected a building suited to their wants and purposes. Under their auspices the school accomplished much good, and the interest in the community in the cause of higher education was greatly increased. A few years later it passed into the hands of the Reformed Church, by whom it was operated under the original charter. It was afterwards controlled by the citizens of the town, and then by the Presbyterians. In 1871 the regular Baptist denomination, by petition to the Legislature, secured an act incorporating a school at this place under the name of "The Western Pennsyl- vania Classical and Scientific Institute." Subse- quently the board of trustees purchased the buildings and grounde originally known as the "Westmoreland College" for ten thousand dollars, and the work of education is now carried on by the last-named corpo- ration. It erected a new building, commodious and specially adapted to its increased wants. The faculty in 1858 were Rev. James H. Fife, A.M., President and Professor of Latin and Greek; William A. Sterrett, A.B., Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and Miss Minerva M. Metzgar, Principal of Female Department. It was reorganized and opened by the Baptists in 1878, with the following faculty: Presi- dent, Rev. A. K. Bell, D.D .; Principal, Jonathan Jones, A.M. (also Professor of Languages and Mathe- matics) ; Miss A. T. Giddings, Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Miss M. L. Plummer, Eng- lish Branches and Preparatory Department; Prof. A. C. Lyon, Music; and Mrs. M. Lloyd, Matron. Dr. Bell was succeeded in 1879 by Rev. Leroy Stephens. The buildings of the institute stand in a beautiful grove of forest trees, overlooking the town and surrounding country, and in full view of Chestnut Ridge. The new building for young ladies, forty-one by one hun- dred and twenty-one feet, and three stories high, is situated near the institute building. The present government is: Board of Trustees, C. S. Overholt (chairman), Dr. J. H. Clark (secretary), J. C. Crown- over (treasurer), William Shallenberger, William Williams, Joseph Beidler, H. Clay Frick, J. W.

Bailie, Samuel Warden, Rev. Leroy Stephens, J. L. Shallenberger, J. R. Stauffer, B. F. Overholt, R. Por- ter Craig, Rev. P. Loucks, J. T. McCormick, Rev. N. B. Critchfield, James Neele, Rev. B. F. Woodburn, John M. Cochran, J. H. Lippincott. Faculty, Rev. Leroy Stephens, President.and Professor of Intellec- tual and Moral Philosophy; Byron W. King, Ancient Languages and Elocution ; Kate. Reynolds, Natural Sciences and Latin; M. L. Plummer, Mathematics and Civil Government; E. C. Walter, Literature and History ; Adolf Liebig, German ; Anna A. Palm, Music; and Emma Rees, Drawing, Painting, and French.

The Philoretian Literary Society is an organization of its students for literary and social improvement. It is the purpose of the institution to make the in- struction exact and thorough in all departments by the most approved methods. It has three classes. senior, middle, and junior, with a normal and scien- tific course, preparatory and musical departments for such as do not wish a complete and regular course.

BOROUGH SCHOOLS.

In 1882 the board of directors are W. Washington, president; J. R. Zuck, secretary ; J. Lanawalt, W. 8. Hutchinson, D. B. Keister, J. S. Overhalt. Teach- ers : Principal and Room No. 4, J. A. Stevenson ; Room No. 3, Miss E. J. Churns; Room No. 2, Mr. Yothers; Room No. 1, Miss H. J. Carroll.

ORDERS AND SOCIETIES. M088 ROSE LODGE, No. 850, I. O. O. J.,

was chartered April 16, 1849. Its first officers were: N. G., S. D. Johnston; V. G., C. Barger; Sec., C. F. Lichtberger; Asst. Sec., John Houck ; Treas., James Hitchman. The officers in 1882 are: N. G., Dr. L. B. Goodman; V. G., E. B. Swartz; Sec., J. C. Crown- over; Asst. Sec., T. D. Eicher; Treas., Dr. F. L. Marsh. It meets every Thursday evening in its hall, erected in 1882.

HYLAS LODGE, No. 474, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,

was chartered Aug. 31, 1881, with the following mem- bers : E. B. Swartz, B. L. Francis, Owen Cain, Robert Wilson, J. F. McWilliams, T. D. Eicher, Dr. L. S. Goodman, W. D. Mullen, Jr., Lewis Weihl, J. D. Lehman, W. G. Chamberlain. It meets Wednesday evenings in Mount Pleasant Hall.

MOUNT PLEASANT LODGE, No. 2280, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, was chartered June 8, 1881, with the following mem- bers : J. A. Stevenson, J. A. Strickler, J. P. McIn- tyre, James S. Braddock, Rev. N. L. Reynolds, W. J. Hitchman, J. J. Neele, J. B. Andrews, James Devlin, J. J. Fox, R. H. Goodman, J. C. Gemmel, William Hughes, M. D. Heath, D. B. Keister, Julius Lewey, Thomas Overholt, Adam Rumbaugh, William W. Shuman, J. W. Swartz, E. B. Swartz, John N. D.Stauf- fer, O. P. Shupe, Harry O. Tinstman. Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month at Mount Pleasant Hall.

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ONETA TRIBE, NO. 287, I. O. R. M.,

was chartered Feb. 22, 1877, with the following mem- bers: N. T. Smith, O. O. Noff, J. A. Finefrock, E. B. Benouff, John Trout, Abraham Kughn, Daniel Swie- ney, A. Whitehead, George Heuck, R. Gaskill, Wil- Ham Sullenberger, Edward Mullen, A. Giseburt, M. Hunker, J. P. Blystone, C. W. Thurston, J. L. Mor- timore, A. Mortimore, J. Nutting, J. H. Miller, J. L. Byrnes, James Clark, James Nolan, and Edward Smith. It meets Wednesday evenings at 1. O. O. F. Hall.

ROBERT WARDEN POST, No. 163, G. A. R.,

was chartered July 16, 1880, with the following mem- bers : W. M. Jordan, John Dullinger, John G. Ste- venson, J. A. Loar, M. N. Stauffer, David Stoniher, J. R. Zuck, William Hughes, G. W. Overholt, U. B. Hubbs, D. H. Eicher, J. M. Russell, Abraham Shaw- ley, William Zimmerman, William Horton, Thomas D. Freebles, Samuel Nutting, Jerry Finefrock, Henry Lentz, Henry Smitehurst, Dr. J. L. Marsh, Charles D. Reed, A. T. Mechling, George W. Gibbs, H. O. Tinstman, J. Brownson Hurst, Anthony Jaquette, Robert Hood, George Eicher, C. C. Neff, and Daniel Wilkins. It meets on the second Friday evening of each month at Mount Pleasant Hall.

THE ANCIENT ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC CHAIN was chartered March 18, 1881. Its charter members and first officers were : Sir K. C., Martin Markey ; Sir K. V. O., Francis Beeson ; Sir K. First Lieutenant, Peter Gibbons; Bir K. R. S., G. T. Learn; Sir K. F. S., F. K. Nicklow ; Bir K. I. G., John Hoar; Sir K. O. G., William Hoar; Sir K. P. C., J. R. Murphy. Mem- bers: Thomas Hardy, L. G. Herbst, William Flem- ing, John McKindel, Thomas Irwin, W. F. Holy- field, Daniel Cain, William Marshall, William Mere- dith, M. T. Conway, P. R. Rogers, S. C. Bowers, George Bomgard, James Rogers, David Childs, Ira Rogers, Thomas Stoke, and John Wolf. It meets Saturday evenings at Mount Pleasant Hall.

MOUNT PLEASANT COUNCIL, No. 592, BOYAL ARCANUM, was chartered in May, 1881. The Past Regents are Dr. L. S. Goodman and Dr. J. Loar. In 1882 the Regent is J. P. McIntyre; Secretary, H. W. Over- ton ; Treasurer, G. W. Btoner ; and Collector, W. C. Morrison. It meets every alternate Monday evening in I. O. O. F. Hall.

MYRTLE LODGE, No. 186, I. O. G. T.,

was chartered Feb. 27, 1880. The first officers and charter members were: P. W. C. T., B. F. Mechling ; W. O. T., J. F. Randolph; W. V. T., Amelia Vance; W. S. E. O., T. C. Patterson ; W. F. S., Maggie Shep- pard; W. T. R. E. A., J. B. Coldsmith ; W. M., J. B. Rupert; W. D. M., Bella Mechling; W. I. G., Lizzie Coldsmith ; W. O. G., George W. Boyd; W. R. H. S., Lizzie Sheppard ; W. L. H. S., Ella Brier. Mem- bers (charter) : F. L. King, Anna Roadman, Strick- ler Vance, W. S. Fleming, L. E. Fleming, J. A.

Loar, M. E. Randolph, Carrie Smith, E. A. Leonard, and Mollie Maxwell. It meets every Tuesday even- .ing in I. O. O. F. Hall, and is in a very flourishing condition.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

"The First National Bank" was organized in 1864 with $150,000 capital. Its presidents have been C. S. Overholt, John Sherrick, and Henry W. Stoner, the latter the present incumbent, who came in in 1879. The first cashier was John Bherrick, succeeded in 1876 by the present incumbent, Henry Jordan. The bank was opened in Sherrick's Building, and removed to its present location in 1879. In 1882 the vice-pres- ident is W. J. Hitchman; book-keeper, G. W. Stoner; and directors, Henry Jordan, H. W. Stoner, William Snyder, Samuel Warden, W. J. Hitchman, William B. Neel, Joseph R. Stauffer, Dr. J. H. Clark, and W. D. Mullin. It has a surplus of $29,040.

"Mount Pleasant Bank" is a private bank, organ- ized in 1878. Its proprietors are W. J. Hitchman, W. B. Neel, Joseph W. Stoner, and J. C. Crownover, the latter being cashier. It occupies the same build- ing with the First National Bank on Main Street, adjoining the " Jordan House."

VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. LAURELVILLE,

situated on Jacobs Creek, on the Somerset and Mount' Pleasant turnpike, and near the western base of the Chestnut Ridge, was in the "good old times" a stop- ping-place for the traveler on that highway. A public house of entertainment had been kept here from very early times, and here was the old homestead of the Lo- bingier family, a family which has produced represen- tative men in all the higher walks of society, and of which the township itself may justly feel a satisfac- tion. Jacob A. Lobingier, the Westmoreland repre- sentative of the family, resides here, and here he has been engaged his lifetime in industrial or mercantile pursuits. He was postmaster of the office for a period of twenty-five consecutive years. The tannery which Mr. Lobingier operated for many years is now under the control of his son, Mr. John Lobingier. There is here also a grist- and saw-mill, and a general mer- chandise store, run by Keim Brothers. As it is in a good locality there is quite a business done here, and it is more than probable that within a reasonable time, when the resources of that particular region are de- veloped, that it will become a point of much business importance.

RIDGEVIEW,

the name of a post-office in the northeastern part of the township, is also the name which by common consent designates the village, which being a thickly settled point on a much-traveled road known as the Clay Pike, where the same crosses another road lead- ing from Laurelville to Pleasant Unity, and which being in a favorable location, has aspirations to com- munistic distinction. There is a general merchandise

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store kept here, which enjoys a good local patronage, it having been recognized as a distributing point for how a number of years. In this immediate locality the Overlys, the Griffins, the Roadmans, the Hether- ingtons are old residents. The Hon. John Faushold resides here, and in ripe old age dispenses justice, by virtue of his commission, with the wisdom of expe- rience.

BRIDGEPORT

has the distinction of being the largest village not incorporated in the county. Before Derry Station was incorporated it was the largest, but that village now ranks as a corporation. Bridgeport by the last census has a population of six hundred and thirty- five. For its present population and business, and for its encouraging future prospects, it is indebted to the existence of the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroads, and to the development of the coke busi- ness. Before 1871 it had no pretensions ; now it is a village filled to overflowing with an industrious class of laborers.

Some of the largest coking firms of that marvelous region operate in the immediate vicinity of this place, and along both sides of the railroad north and south the rows of ovens are in continuous blast. The most extensive of these are the works of Messrs. Boyle & Rafferty, and those of Mr. W. D. Mullen at the northern end of the village. As these interests have been noticed more at length in their proper place, we shall not touch upon them here.

The village is laid out regularly in streets, alleys, and town lots. The streets are named. The build- ings, both public and private, which have been erected within its precincts bear all modern marks. The most of these are constructed of rather flimsy material, and have been built rather for convenience and comfort than for durability. The class of busi- nees men here, as might be expected, is of the ap- proved type. They are mostly youngish men, and such as are enterprising in its accepted business term. In a place which is so modern, and the citizens of which, to a great extent, are but of late identified with the interests and permanency of the place, it is but natural that there should be changing and a want of stability in their public business undertakings, and a want of a certain mutuality which grows from common intimacy or common interests. It is a place of prospect, and more shall be learned of the status of the place in that part of this work which treats of the modern history of the county, and of the devel- opment of its modern industries.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. THE LOBINGIER FAMILY.

is a remarkably historical and prominent one, not only in this township and county, but in the annals of the State. It was very early represented in the set-

tlement of Westmoreland, and is connected with those other carly and distinguished families, the Markles, Painters, Graffs, and Marchands, as well as with Dr. William H. Egle of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's eminent historian. The first emigrant in America bearing the name of Lobingier came from Witten- burg, Germany, in the early part of the eighteenth century, and settled in Lancaster County, now in that part included in Dauphin, and near Harrisburg. His son, Christopher Lobingier, was born in Paxton town- ship, Dauphin (then Lancaster) County, in 1740. He married Elizabeth Muller in 1766, removed to Mount Pleasant township in 1772, and was a delegate to the first Constitutional State Convention in Philadelphia, from July 15 to Sept. 28, 1776. He died July 4, 1798. His wife was born in Switzerland in 1744, and emigrated to Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, with her father, Rudolph Muller, in 1749. She was mar- ried to Christopher Lobingier, and died at her daugh- ter's, Mrs. Kimmel, in Stoystown, Somerset Co., Sept. 5, 1815. Her sister, Ursula Muller, was the great-grandmother of Dr. William H. Egle, author of "Pennsylvania's State History," and a resident of Harrisburg.

Christopher Lobingier had four sons-John, Chris- topher, George, and Rudolph-and five daughters, -Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Barbara, and Susanna. John Lobingier (better known as Judge Lobingier) was born in Paxton township, Lancaster (now Dau- phin) County, about three miles from Harrisburg, April 5, 1767, and married Sophia Moyer, July 7, 1789. He built the old home at Laurelville about 1797, and removed there from the Ligonier Valley shortly afterwards. He erected the stone mill which gave the village the name of "Lobingier's Mills" in 1801. He was a member of the Legislature, and an associate judge of the court. He died at his home in Mount Pleasant, Feb. 26, 1859, aged ninety-one years. He engaged in the iron business, controlling several furnaces, and also sank a number of oil-wells. In his later years he delivered a very valuable historical address on the " Whiskey Insurrection of 1794," into which at the time he was in danger of being drawn, but was restrained by the wise counsel of his father. His first wife, Sophia Moyer, was born July 26, 1770, and died May 18, 1838. His second, Elizabeth Cross, was born in 1792, and died Oct. 3, 1861. Christopher Lobingier was the father of John C., now living on the old Lobingier farm along the "Clay Pike." George Lobingier was the father of the late Mechling Lobin- gier, and of Christopher, who died a few years ago at Bridgeport, and was also the grandfather of Presly, George, and Christopher Lobingier. Barbara married a Mr. Leassure, whose descendants reside near Greens- burg. Susanna married a Mr. Kimmel, of Somerset County ; and Mary his brother, who subsequently re- moved to Michigan. Mrs. Mary, wife of Rev. Frank Fisher, of Greensburg, is a descendant of one of these sisters. Another sister -- either Catharine or Eliza-

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beth-married the father of Col. Israel Painter. The children of Judge John and Sophia (Moyer) Lobin- gier were Elizabeth, born Sept. 11, 1790, married to John Connell ; Mary, born Sept. 25, 1792, married to Gasper Markle (brother of Gen. Joseph Markle), and died in 1880; Jacob, born Feb. 21, 1795, married to Mary Stauffer, Oct. 21, 1819, and died Oct. 11, 1855; Sarah, born May 14, 1797, and married to Christian Fetter; John, born Aug. 21, 1799, married to Eliza- beth Smith, and still living on his farm a mile east of Mount Pleasant; Susanna, born March 12, 1802,.and died in infancy ; Christopher, born Aug. 12, 1803, and died at Rodney, Miss., Dec. 3, 1836; Hannah, born Aug. 20, 1806, married Shepard Markle, of West Newton, where she now lives; Sophia, born Feb. 2, 1809, married to Dr. Philip G. Young, of Washington County, but she now lives in Chicago; George, born Feb. 7, 1811, died Feb. 11, 1829; Catharine, born Ang. 8, 1813, married to Rev. James Darsie, and died in Fayette County, March, 1860; Jacob, the eldest son, married Mary Stauffer, born April 12, 1801, and who died Oct. 8, 1879, at her daughter's, Mrs. Maria Shallenberger, in Braddock's.

Her brother, John Stauffer, was in the Legislature, and her nephew, Jacob Newmyer, was the father of the present State senator, John C. Newmyer. Jacob Lobingier was many years a magistrate, served as captain and major in the militia, and was president of the Somerset and West Newton Turnpike. His chil- dren were John S., born Oct. 31, 1820, died Feb. 20, 1821; Elizabeth, born April 13, 1822, married, March 18, 1845, to David K. Marchand, and died in Greene- burg ; Jacob, born March 20, 1824, married Lillias F. Stewart, March 18, 1849, and lives at Laurelville; Franklin B., born May 17, 1826, attended Bethany College, was a noted minister of the Disciples, preach- ing' in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and died at Laurelville, April 5, 1852; Marie, born Jan. 80, 1829, married to Jonathan N. Sballenberger, Feb. 24, 1848, and resides at Braddock's; George, born Sept. 20, 1882, married Ada B. Stewart, Sept. 28, 1857, educated at Washington and Jefferson College, read law with Henry F. Schell, at Somerset, admitted to that bar, practiced law at Lanark, Ill., entered the ministry in 1867, preached for the Disciples at Pine Flats, Indiana Co., Pittston, N. Y., Tonawanda, N. Y., West Rupert, Vt., and Hebron, Neb., where he is now ; Christopher C., born June 7, 1840, served in Gen. Burnside's corps in the late war, married, Jan. 10, 1865, to Helena Mills, of Braddock's, where he resides. Jacob Lobingier, as before stated, was the second son of Jacob and Mary Lobingier, attended Bethany College, and since 1847 has resided on the old estate at Laurelville. He held the office of post- master twenty-five years, and was commissioned as magistrate by Governor Hartranft. He has ever been largely devoted to the cause of education and temper- ance. His wife was born Oct. 25, 1827, and is the daugh- ter of Andrew Stewart, Esq. She is related to Hon.

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